Christmas 2006 Survey

[swedeace]

Holiday Edition of Getting to Know Your Friends

This would be a great survey to find out some of our Christmas cultural traditions from one another. Whoever wants to fill this out, I would love to read your answers.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Eggnog is always special during this time of year! Hot chocolate is for any other time of the year.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored. Blue lights are preferrably pretty.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Never used/hung mistletoe, but I wouldn't mind doing it one year. There would be a certain special person I'd love to kiss under the mistletoe. :biglove:

5. When do you put your decorations up?
I finally put up my little two-foot silver tree with white lights, and I have finally strung my collection of Christmas cards all around my living room.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Tamales, menudo, champurrado, buñuelos, bizcochitos, turkey, hot homemade fruit punch....all the authentic Mexican foods! Yum!!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
I didn't have very many childhood holiday memories, so I am going with the gifts I got.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Probably around ten years old, I believe.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
It depends how I celebrate. If it's with my extended family, we usually open them on Christmas Eve near midnight. Otherwise, I will just wait until Christmas Day.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
It already has white lights attached to it. It's also about two feet long, so there's not much more room for decorating.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love seeing it, but I dread driving in it. Speaking of which, it's lightly snowing right now as I am typing this.

12. Can you ice skate?
No, but I would like to learn and try it out one day. I'm all for experiences.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
It has to be the toy gifts.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
The togetherness of family and friends year-round.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Champurrado, bizcochitos, hot homemade punch, cow tongue sweet empanadas, and buñuelos. Mmmm....

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Don't have a single one. Mine would have to be just generalized. Just being around family and friends and not feeling lonely is special enough.

17..What tops your tree?
Nothing. My tree is so tiny I couldn't top it with much.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving. It's really awesome to see the surprised looks written across others' faces.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
The classics.

20. Candy Canes?
The traditional red and white candy canes are good. I also love the varied flavor ones, too.

[EmoJoe]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate. I drink it all throughout winter, though.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
colored. white lights are boring and not christmas-y at all.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
nope.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
usually the 2nd week of december.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Lasagna, baked ziti, and Ham.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
going to my grandpa's house on thanksgiving!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
uhh i think i was in 4th grade. so 9.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
no. we open them on christmas morning. and then we open them with aunts/cousins/uncle later on, usually after christmas dinner.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
put on a ton of colored lights, a tiny bit of white lights, and ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
LOVE IT.

12. Can you ice skate?
not really but its fun to go ice skating anyway lol.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
toy ones i guess. i was a kid :grr:

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
being with family. i just wrote an essay on it!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
PUDDING PIE. and christmas cookies!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
being with FAMILY :mrtarver: opening the gifts on christmas morning is magical, too.

17..What tops your tree?
a star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
giving i guess, but im not gonna lie and say i dont like receiving lol.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
i have a few...Sleigh Ride, Carol of the Bells, and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

20. Candy Canes?
theyre good, but only the red and white ones. those fruity ones are nasty.

[Corolla]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
I don't like either.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored!

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Mid-December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Just a turkey and cooked dinner.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Having fun with my aunt's dog.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
WHAT??? THERE'S NO SANTA??? (Sorry for the caps, but I just had to take that opportunity), but seriously though, I was confused at like 6-8 but around 9 or 10 I did.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Some years, yeah.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
The icicles-shaped things that hang down along with colored lights. Looks great when the silver icicle-things reflect the colors of the lights.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I like snow, but I hate it when I have to drive, like someone else said.

12. Can you ice skate?
No, never tried it.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
Air Hockey Table. :p

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Like someone else said, spending time with family and everyone being together.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
I'm not a person for sweets other than chocolate chip cookies.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Not sure.

17..What tops your tree?
What?

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving... its great to see when people appreciate their gifts.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I have lots.

20. Candy Canes?
Everything and anything besides peppermint. I have a dislike against all types of mints, including toothpaste. <_<

[FOLrocks1]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Eggnog.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps and hides them throughout the house.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Blue lights look great....and white.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
LOL - we've never hung miseltoe but it would be fun to do it one year. I got a picture of one at school from my girlfriend, and I would go around reusing it on people....I got to kiss 25 people, including 5 teachrs. It was hilarious.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
No set time usually, this year it was the weekend after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
I like kielbasa.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Nothing specific.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
12 or 13, my mom told me.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
If we go to one side of the family on Christmas Eve, then yes. But this year we're doing both sides of the family on Christmas Day.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
This year, white lights, gold and red ornaments, gold and red beads, and poinsetta bunches.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
For Christmas and for snow days, it's great.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes. It's so much fun. Last year, we got most of our junior class to go together on winter break. It was great.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
Yep...our family computer, trip to Disney.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
"The togetherness of family and friends year-round." You said it.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Christmas cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Making Christmas cookies with family/friends.

17..What tops your tree?
Ususally an angel, but this year a star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
BOth are great.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Silent Night, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

20. Candy Canes?
I like the traditional ones, too. But the berry flavored ones are great too.

[moeee]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
He wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored lights, I like the ones that move around.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
1 week before Christmas eve.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Pizza! :D :D

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Getting a gameboy back in 1989.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
When i was 12 years old


9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
With Lights and hood ornaments

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it!

12. Can you ice skate?
No

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
Yes. Gameboy, bucket full of LEGO's, M.A.S.K. Action Figures, etc.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Food!!! :D

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Ice Cream, Cookies.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Dont have one

17..What tops your tree?
A Star that lights up.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving. I like to give.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
There are several that i cant list.

20. Candy Canes?
What about them? :lol:

[Already Gone]

Holiday Edition of Getting to Know Your Friends

This would be a great survey to find out some of our Christmas cultural traditions from one another. Whoever wants to fill this out, I would love to read your answers.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Both is good.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
He wraps them.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Both. More lights the better.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
1st or 2nd week in December, sometimes Thanksgiving weekend.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Stuffing, yams, cranberry sauce. Traditional holiday dishes.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
All The christmas throughout grade school, in the 70's we still lived in CT and all our friends and family were still around. We always had a full house that day.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
9 or 10

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yes, most of them are opened on Christmas Eve and some of them are opened on Christmas Day when my sister comes over.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
multi-colored lights and ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love alot of it on Christmas and then it can go away.

12. Can you ice skate?
Nope, I tried it once and hated it.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
Probably the big wheel I got when I was 7 or 8.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Presents, family, food, music, Christmas colors, Snow.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie, cheesecake.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Taking a walk after dinner on Christmas Eve, That's always fun, I love seeing the homes with their lights.

17..What tops your tree?
Angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Both are great.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Sleigh ride by Ella Fitzgerald

20. Candy Canes?
Traditional and the green apple flavored candy canes.

[Number 9 Dream]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
I enjoy both, but I love a cup of egg nog during the holiday time! It's not Christmas without it :)

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored! I love the ones that blink as well :)

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Well, we didn't do any this year, but we usually put them up the first or second week in December.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
stuffing, green bean casserole, yams

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Putting the tree together with my whole family, as well as going to sleep with my brothers and talking all night about Santa coming.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
9 or 10...I just asked my Mom one day and she told me.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No, we usually open most of our gifts really early on Christmas morning (the immediate family will, anyway), then my Grandma and her boyfriend will come over for breakfast and we will open their gifts (as well as give them theirs). Christmas day will be spent together, then we all have dinner and dessert (sometimes other people will pop in too). I think this year, though, we're all going to our Grandma's new house and having dinner there :)

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Usually multi-colored lights and decorations (no star or tinsel). Last year, though, we had a really awesome tree that was red, gold, and green themed. I loved it!

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I like it if I don't have to drive anywhere :lol:

12. Can you ice skate?
Never tried it.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
Hmm, thinking, thinking...well, my favorite gifts were given to me when I was a little older (first stereo when I was 16, first record player when I was 23), but I did get use out of my Muppet Babies piano when I was a kid :lol:

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
spending time with family, enjoying each others' company with good food. Nothing better than that!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Mmm, Christmas cookies! I love the rainbow ones (I think they're called Neopolitans?) and the cookies filled with jelly. Soooo good :drool:

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Well, it used to be taking a drive with the family and seeing all the houses lit up, but I don't think we're doing that this year :( I guess my favorite holiday tradition would have to be spending time with my Grandma...she always makes the holiday so warm and festive. I just love being around her. I also have a tradition where I watch holiday specials on Christmas Eve before bed (South Park's Christmas specials are a fond memory for me, for some reason).

17..What tops your tree?
Nothing usually.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Both :p

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
The Grinch song

20. Candy Canes?
Mm yeah, they're good...I like both the fruity and the peppermint :)

[LuLu Rogers]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Both

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
December 1st

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Fried Turkey, Red Velvet Cake

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Getting to be with my family.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I was about 10 years old I think

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
We open gifts with my maternal grandparents on Christmas Eve night and then we open presents at our house Christmas morning and then my other grandparents Christmas night.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
We put on the white and colored lights and our tree is covered with ornaments because me and both of my sisters get a new ornament every year

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love it! I've only seen it 4 times in my life though. It never snows here. :(

12. Can you ice skate?
Nope. I can't even roller skate, lol.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
I'm not sure...

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Celebrating the birth of Jesus and spending time with my family.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Red Velvet Cake, Haystacks, Coconut Balls, White Chocolate Covered Pretzels

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
We watch a Hanna Barbera Christmas Sing-A-Long tape while we decorate the tree.

17..What tops your tree?
A Gold Star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Let It Snow, The Christmas Song, Sleigh Ride

20. Candy Canes?
The Grape Crush ones. Yummy!

[Courtnee]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
both

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
sit them under the tree, duh.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
we don't decorate. My dad is anti-christmas. We're lucky we have a TREE.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
we put our puiny tree up after thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
all of it.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
o0o one time i asked santa for a bike, but I got a toy piano instead.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
when I was, like, 12. Seriously.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
HECK NO. That's fer cowardsss

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
...with decorations.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
We never get any here :(

12. Can you ice skate?
haha I went once and feel on my ass. Never again.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
well, I got a REAL keyboard last year.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
The togetherness of family and friends year-round.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
my grandmothers holiday hash :happyface

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Don't have a single one.

17..What tops your tree?
angel

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving. It's really awesome to see the surprised looks written across others' faces.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
You bettah watch out...you bettah not crayyyyy

20. Candy Canes?
The traditional red and white candy canes are good. I also love the varied flavor ones, too.

[strawberry cupcake]

. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
eggnog is better

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
i guess he sits them under the tree

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
colored is better

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
not anymore

5. When do you put your decorations up?
the first week of december

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
ham and deviled eggs

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
all my cool new toys

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
i was about 12

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
always

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
tinsle, stringed popcorn, and pretty blinky lights.


11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
i love snow, but it never snows in texas, really.

12. Can you ice skate?
no and i don't really care too.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
my barbie collection

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
being with my three nephews

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
my aunts fruit salad

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
i don't know

17..What tops your tree?
a star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
both, but i like to recieve more.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
silent night

20. Candy Canes?
i love em. i like the chocolate ones

[dlemond]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Egg Nog for Christmas.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No. I've never even had a mistloe moment that I recall.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Right after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Scallops wrapped in bacon at my friend's annual Christmas party.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Too many to name.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I think I suspected at around 8 or 9. Hard to remember- and I don't remember anyone specifically telling me.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Depends if I'm not going to see a certain person Christmas day.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Lights, balls, garland, various ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I hate shovelling it, but I do like it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
My Murray Outrage 12 speed was one I remember being pretty psyched about.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Christmas cookies - many varieties. Other than Christmas, I'm not a big cookie person.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Either decorating the tree or Christmas Eve gathering.

17..What tops your tree?
Lighted star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I like giving. I like receiving gifts that I had no clue I was going to get, since I don't really ask for much.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
The Christmas Song or Sleigh Ride.

20. Candy Canes?
They really haven't come into play since I was a kid.

[Superstar]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate. eggnog is nasty.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
We usually put our tree and decorations up around December 8

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
stuffing

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
dont have one

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
When I was about 10 or 11

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
never

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
It has a lot of lights, a lot of ornaments and that sorta crap.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it...but I never get it here :(

12. Can you ice skate?
yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
nope

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
presents and time off school....and spending time with family of course.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
everything :lol:

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
my favorite tradition is not having any tradition lol

17..What tops your tree?
a star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I'll say giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
hate all of them.

20. Candy Canes?
I like the red and white ones.

[tdf4077]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate! I don't really like egg nog (unless its egg nog fudge...now that's good stuff)

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap them. When I was little, it was a mixture of the two, though.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored. I like white on a tree, but I have so many ornaments, it doesn't pull off the classy effect, so I stick with color!

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Once I hung it in the car, but that's it.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Day after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Ham. It's the only time of the year I eat it.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Driving around, looking at Christmas lights.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
When I was 3 (!), my grandmother told me I was "an idiot for believing in such nonesense." (no lie....direct quote)

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Nope!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
OK....here we go: Keep in mind, my tree is 6 foot fake.
First, I wrap around 500 colored lights around it (at least one bulb on every part of each branch, pointing up or out).
Next, I put on all the ornaments. I have a whole bunch of old-school ones and a huge Old World Christmas glass ones. When I was little, we used to get to go to the store and pick out two ornaments, so it's fun to go back and look at the dates and see what I was into when I was little.
Next, I put on the angel.
Then, I drape strands of red, white, and blue beads around the tree.
Then, I clasps glass birds around the top of the tree.
Lastly, I hang icycle ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Snow on Christmas is a much...so long as I don't have to drive in it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Nope...I'm not very coordinated. But, I would LOVE to learn how....just need someone to teach me

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
A puppy

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Reflecting on the past year and trying to figure out what to do with the next one.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Bannana Pudding....

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Drive around, look at Christmas lights...especially at the Zoo.
Followed closely by going to the movies on Christmas Eve.

17..What tops your tree?
An angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Both are good with me :)

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Sleigh Ride (and a Chipmunk Christmas)

20. Candy Canes?
no thanks!

[Brent88]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Neither honestly

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Sit them under the tree mostly.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored defintely.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Most of it Thanksgiving Weekend

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Pretty much anything sweet, lol

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Gifts?

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
11

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Colored lights all over, along with some red and gold strands of beads, and ornanments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it... very rarely see it :(

12. Can you ice skate?
A little, but I don't do it regularly

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
Defintely the computer at 11

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Gifts!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Pretty much anything sweet

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I dunno

17..What tops your tree?
A star with colored lights. It's very pretty

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Pretty much anything

20. Candy Canes?
:barf:

[Raven-Symone]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No, I never hung mistletoe

5. When do you put your decorations up?
On Thankgiving day

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
I really do not know.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
I don't know

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
whne I was about 9 or 10

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
I used to open one gift on Christmas eve now we waited for Christmas day cause we don't get that much gifts anyways.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
well frist we put the tree up then put the white lights in frist then colored light, then put the oradeget up then the garaded the tree isn't that big so we put it on the table and put the angle on top.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I like the snow, but I don't like being in the snow.

12. Can you ice skate?
no

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
no not really

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
family and friends

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
ice cream

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
we really don't do nothing on the hoildays

17..What tops your tree?
An angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Both

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
slient night and O Holy night

20. Candy Canes?
I love candy cane

[TJL]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Coffee Please. Beer if you have any.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
The adults get wrapped gifts. The kiddies will probably have unopened stuff.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored lights were on our house.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes. You don't want to know where i hang it.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
My roommate and i don't decorate. We do have about three years worth of Christmas cards taped to our door. That's close as we come to decorating.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
My Mom makes a great turey dinner. Sometimes she makes lasagna. I'm getting hungry. i can't wait to go home tomorrow! :)

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Just that great feeling of falling asleep on Christmas eve in anticipation of what will be under the tree in the morning.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
What about Santa? Is there something you're not telling me!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Nope.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Blindfolded. You get some interesting results.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I like the way it makes the city look, but then I have to plow it at work.

12. Can you ice skate?
No, but I enjoy wearing the sequinned outfits.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift when you were a kid?
The Star Wars Mellenium Falcon. Man, what a cool toy that was.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with my family. They really love me.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Anything involving pastries.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Don't have one.

17..What tops your tree?
No tree in my apartment. A wooden angel tops my parent's tree.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving. Ask any girl i dated.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Father Christmas" by the Kinks

20. Candy Canes?
Never liked them. Go to Hell candy canes. There, i said it.

;)